Africa

AfricaPharoah Farrell Sanders (born 1940) is a leading figure in the world of jazz and one of the last living legends with connections to players like Sun Ra and John Coltrane. His tenor saxophone playing has earned him royal status amongst free jazz players, critics and collectors. Originally Sanders was interested in urban blues music, but his high school teacher exposed him to jazz and this took Farrell in an entirely new direction. Once completing high

Hosted by Funk Flex and driven by samples from the vinyl collection of MadLib collaborator

Like his other work

Infused in the swirling brew is Swamp’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it humor

Ellerine Harding

From Instagram videos of him playing along to his favorite records

with paeans to mental resilience and the quiet power of going easy

all viewed from his current base in Berlin

As compelling a listen today as it ever was

Ummagumma is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd

Spiral Stairs

a singer and composer born in Aneho-Glidji (Togo)

Three of the towering figures in the history of free jazz forge an incredibly vital free music born from lifetimes of uncompromising